Science and Engineering Careers in the United States
An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Science and Engineering Careers in the United States
An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Beginning in the early 2000s, there was an upsurge of national concern over the state of the science and engineering job market that sparked a plethora of studies, commission reports, and a presidential initiative, all stressing the importance of maintaining American competitiveness in these fields. Science and Engineering Careers in the United States is the first major academic study to probe the issues that underlie these concerns.
This volume provides new information on the economics of the postgraduate science and engineering job market, addressing such topics as the factors that determine the supply of PhDs, the career paths they follow after graduation, and the creation and use of knowledge as it is reflected by the amount of papers and patents produced. A distinguished team of contributors also explores the tensions between industry and academe in recruiting graduates, the influx of foreign-born doctorates, and the success of female doctorates. Science and Engineering Careers in the United States will raise new questions about stimulating innovation and growth in the American economy.
408 pages | 50 line drawings, 76 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2009
National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Economics and Business: Business--Business Economics and Management Studies, Business--Industry and Labor, Economics--General Theory and Principles
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Richard B. Freeman and Daniel L. Goroff
I. Supply of Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to Science and Engineering
1. Supporting “The Best and Brightest” in Science and Engineering: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Richard B. Freeman, Tanwin Chang, and Hanley Chiang
2. Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education
John Bound, Sarah Turner, and Patrick Walsh
3. Improving the Postdoctoral Experience: An Empirical Approach
Geoff Davis
II. Careers in Changing Markets
4. Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
George J. Borjas
5. Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973–2001
Donna K. Ginther and Shulamit Kahn
6. Patterns of Male and Female Scientific Dissemination in Public and Private Science
Kjersten Bunker Whittington
7. Educational Mismatch among Ph.D.s: Determinants and Consequences
Keith A. Bender and John S. Heywood
8. Capturing Knowledge: The Location Decision of New Ph.D.s Working in Industry
Albert J. Sumell, Paula E. Stephan, and James D. Adams
III. Creation and Use of Knowledge
9. Instruments of Commerce and Knowledge: Probe Microscopy, 1980-2000
Cyrus C. M. Mody
10. International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set
Jinyoung Kim, Sangjoon John Lee, and Gerald Marschke
11. The Growing Allocative Inefficiency of the U.S. Higher Education Sector
James D. Adams and J. Roger Clemmons
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
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